A midsole molding apparatus which enables production of a high-quality midsole is provided. The apparatus includes a through hole, which passes laterally through a midsole used for a shoe, to be integrally formed, preventing traces of forming the through hole from being left in the through hole and on the periphery of the through hole and a shaft mold crossing the inner space of upper and lower molds, forming extending portions such that the ends of the shaft mold extend beyond the boundary of the inner space, and seating the extending portions in press recesses of the upper and lower molds to seal the insides of the molds so as to prevent raw material from leaking from inside the molds when foaming and forming a midsole, to prevent parting lines and burrs from forming on the inner surface of the through hole passing laterally through the midsole.

A shoe mold structure has a mold with a first end and a second end opposite to each other, an extending direction between the first and second ends is a longitudinal direction, the mold further has a mold cavity recessed inward from the second end and is composed of a bottom wall and side walls, each of the side walls defines a first side section, a second side section and a third side section connected in sequence along the longitudinal direction, the second side section is located between the first and third side sections, the first side section is closer to the first end than the third side section, the third side section is closer to the second end than the first side section, the second side section has an accommodating groove; and a heating unit disposed in the accommodating groove, and the heating unit provides heat energy.

The present invention relates to a refrigerator foaming jig, and particularly, to a refrigerator foaming jig and a foaming method using same, the refrigerator foaming jig including: a refrigerator outer case in which a space part, into which a heat insulating material is injected, and a refrigerating compartment, and a freezer compartment are formed; and an ice-making compartment case which is installed inside the outer case and inside which an insulating material accommodation space communicating with the space part is formed. The refrigerator foaming jig comprises: a front jig coupled to an inner case; and a variable jig inserted into the partition part, wherein the variable jig expands toward the space part and the insulating material accommodation space or contracts inward so that the distance to the partition part is adjusted. According to the above configuration, the refrigerating compartment, the freezing compartment, and the ice-making compartment are simultaneously formed as independent spaces.

A resin molded article includes: a main body portion having a design face and an opposite face thereto, and having a first foamed layer formed inside the main body portion; a protruding portion that is provided at an edge portion of the main body portion, and that protrudes toward a side opposite from the design face in a thickness direction of the main body portion; and a concavity that is recessed from a surface of the opposite face toward a thickness direction side of the main body portion at a root portion of the protruding portion at the opposite face.

A prosthesis cosmetic element comprising a main part made of a foam material and a cavity formed in the main part for receiving a prosthesis component, wherein the main part has an outer face facing away from the prosthesis component and an inner face which delimits the cavity, and a textile is secured to the inner face.

A rotatable base for a porous pad has openings that provide for improved flow distribution of a liquid in the base across a substrate. The rotatable base can be molded from a two piece mold and the openings can have draft angles to facilitate the molding process.

Provided are a method for molding a foamed resin molded article having a mounting hole which is formed with good dimensional precision without occurrence of shape sag and which has an improved load resistance, a mold therefor, and a foamed resin molded article thereby. A method for molding a foamed resin molded article 1 including a mounting section 11 and a non-mounting section 12, using a mold 3 including a first mold 31 having a non-mounting-section mold portion 31a and a mounting-section mold portion 31b, a second mold 32, and a cavity 4 having a non-mounting-section cavity portion 42 for molding the non-mounting section 12 and a mounting-section cavity portion 41 for molding the mounting section 11. The method includes: a filling step of filling a material to be molded into at least the mounting-section cavity portion 41; and a core-back step of moving at least one of the non-mounting-section mold portion 31a, the mounting-section mold portion 31b, and the second mold 32 so that a cavity width of the non-mounting-section cavity portion 42 is increased while a cavity width of the mounting-section cavity portion 41 is constant, the filling step and the core-back step being sequentially performed.

A mold tool assembly includes a first tool having a protrusion for producing a respective hole in a foam body and a second tool configured to cooperate with the first tool to mold the foam body. The second tool defines a cavity corresponding to the protrusion. The mold tool assembly also includes a movable plunger for clearing flash corresponding to and located at least partially within the cavity in the second tool, and movable between a disengaged position when the first and second tools are separated, and an engaged position when the first and second tools are closed. The mold tool assembly also includes an actuator configured to move the movable plunger between the engaged position and the disengaged position. In the engaged position, the movable plunger contacts the protrusion to seal the cavity, and in the disengaged position, at least a portion of the movable plunger extends below a bottom surface of the second tool into the hole.

Lightweight and strong components may be manufactured using self-skinning foam material compositions by the processes described herein. One or more mandrels may be inserted into a molding tool, and a self-skinning foam material composition may be injected into the molding tool. After closing the molding tool, the self-skinning foam material composition may expand and cure to form a component, and one or more skins may be formed on exterior and/or interior surfaces of the component. For example, an external skin may be formed on an exterior surface of the component in contact with surfaces of the molding tool, and one or more internal skins may be formed on one or more interior surfaces of negative space spars of the component in contact with surfaces of the one or more mandrels.

Method of forming an article from a molten plastic composition including a polymer and a blowing agent. The method provides that during an injecting step (c) and a packing step (d), the injection pressure and the packing pressure, respectively, are maintained above a minimum pressure threshold in at least one second region of the cavity to maintain the physical blowing agent as a gas dissolved in the polymer so that substantially no gas bubbles are formed in the at least one second region, during a mould opening step (e), at least some of the molten plastic composition is exposed to an external pressure lower than a minimum pressure threshold to form in the article at least one first portion having expanded cellular foam formed from the plastic composition, and prior to the opening step (e), the plastic composition in the at least one second region of the cavity has been cooled so as to be fully solidified to form in the article at least one second portion having a substantially homogeneous, solid phase, unexpanded plastic composition